The Three Stooges movie

Seriously? This is legit?

From the official Stooges site.

I saw this earlier on Yahoo and it read as if these actors were rumored to be starring as The Three Stooges. I showed a co-worker and he said the whole thing was a bad idea. Don't crap on the Stooges legacy. Plus, Hollywood has no more original ideas, but that's another rant.

As for the selections, I could maybe see Jim Carey as Curly. The mannerisms, if he tones it down a bit. The look? Nah, you probably need someone portly to be authentic. The article says he's going to put on some pounds to play the role, but I still have trouble seeing it.

Sean Penn? As Larry? He better do a phenomenal job after stealing the Oscar from Mickey Rourke.

Benicio Del Toro as Moe? The look, maybe. The acting? I have no clue.

This is setting up to be one end of the spectrum or the other. It's either going to be the most awesome thing ever or it's going to suck big time. I can't see any middle ground here.

Still, I'll likely go see it.

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Ecstacy and agony

Yeah, I've already had my gripe session about this weekend. Get ready, 'cause I just need to vent again.

I'm really looking forward to the weekend in Memphis. Get to see friends I hadn't seen in years. Get to take an extended weekend. Get to go out of town. All things that I'm looking forward to.

I really really really wanted to make the parade this year. A chance to hang out with friends, drink some beers and have fun. This year would have been extra fun because I would get to be part of a parade float.

Things just didn't work out for me. There are other events coming up that I'm hoping I can work extra for. Plus, there's only 365 more days until the next parade.

Regardless, Memphis, here I come.

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I watched the Watchmen

First off, let's get this out of the way. I am not a comic nerd. Don't come crying to me about how certain things weren't accurate to the comic or anything like that. I don't care.

In fact, I'll go one step further. I had never heard of the Watchmen until seeing the trailer posted on a message board. The comic geeks there were going crazy. I was 'meh', but this does look cool.

And it was. Since seeing the trailer, I have found out that this is based on a graphic novel. Supposed to be the greatest thing since sliced bread, if you listen to the geeks.

Since I had never heard of it, I was just going to see what looked like an awesome action movie.

I'm not going to say I followed the story well. Probably couldn't repeat much of it now. Though I will say that it was interesting. A mystery to figure out, but more of the movie was setting up the story behind the mystery. At least, I think so. Again, no idea about the origins of this. I'm learning on the fly.

The movie was a really good popcorn, action movie, in my humble opinion. I might can be talked into seeing it again.

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Pantry raid

Some time ago, I got on a Good Eats kick. A few times, I would try to make something that was featured on the show. A couple of examples, ribs and jerky. The jerky turned out good. The ribs were ok, mostly because it was the first time and I didn't have proper cooking utensils.

One theme Alton has done is 'pantry raid', where he takes various items from the fridge and pantry and whips up interesting concoctions. Today, I tried my own version.

Got some deer meat in the freezer, one pack of sausage and some burger meat. Recently, I cooked up a helping of the burger meat and made patties. Good, no doubt. Had a couple left over so they went in the fridge.

Today, I decided to use those two patties, but I didn't want burgers. So I thought I'd chop them up and throw them in a skillet to heat them up.

Wait a second, I've got various items in the cabinet that could be used to flavor the meat. Yeah, let's try this.

So here's what I did: a little Worcestershire sauce, pinch of salt, a dab of liquid smoke, squirt of honey and some old bay seasoning. Didn't measure, but I'd guess about a tablespoon or three of the combined mix was made. (side note: the Worcestershire sauce was homemade, but that's another story)

Poured the mix over the chopped up deer burger and let it sit for about an hour (couldn't wait, I was hungry). Medium heat on the skillet and cooked until it looked done.

I have to say, not bad for a quirky experiment.

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More proof I'll never have it all

There's always something. Whenever I get an invite or am asked to take part in something really cool, there's always something that happens that cancels those plans.

Before I start my latest sob story, a recap of how we got here:

It'll be 10 years since I moved to Jackson come April. In those 10 years, there's one event that I've never experienced: Mal's St. Paddy's Day Parade. The first few years I was here, hadn't even heard of the parade. Then when I got my job at the paper, I saw the coverage it was getting. This looked cool.

Unfortunately, for the first few years, I wasn't able to go because I worked the graveyard shift and on weekends. There's no way to make a Saturday morning-into-the-afternoon event when you've been working all night Friday and have to work Saturday night as well. At least I had the pictures to look at while I was at work those nights.

A couple of years ago, my work schedule changed from nights to afternoons and a normal M-F week. Yay! I had Saturday's free!

But that still didn't help much, since I didn't know anyone that was going to the parade. Goes back to the whole 'I never get invited to the cool things' part of my life.

So after missing last year's parade, I vow to not miss another one. This year's parade is on March 21st. Not only was I planning on going, I was invited to be part of a float. That's right. My first parade experience was going to be walking the route handing out beads.

Now for the flip side of this story. The latter part of last year, I got a letter from my fraternity chapter at MSU. It was about the upcoming reunion party. Side note: the letter mentioned another reunion party some five years ago, but I don't recall getting that invite. I did get this one, so I thought this would be great. A chance to see old friends I hadn't seen in years.

I fill out the form, mail it in with my check and then start catching up with some of my brothers, mostly through FaceBook. Most of them had also gotten the invite and were thinking of going. Then once more people got to talking about it, the more interest there was.

This was turning out great. A chance to get away for a weekend, see some old friends. Awesome.

Recently, I made sure that I had those days off from work. No problem there. Then I was told about the chance to be part of a parade float. Sweet. This was going to be cool: reunion party one weekend, parade the next.

Until I looked at the reunion letter again last night and noticed that it's on the same weekend as the parade. Are you kidding me?!?!

Just like most other days in my life, as soon as it appears I might have good things come my way, there's the unforgiving kick right to the crotch. Such is my life.

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Unknown Hinson

Came across this from a sports message board of all places. Unknown is the voice of Early Cuyler, lead role on The Squidbillies, one of the most awesomest shows on A-dult Swim. Apparently, Unknown is the king of the country western troubadours.

Sadly, I had not heard of Unknown until now. Here's one of his videos, saying what many red-blooded American men like me are thinking.

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The Terrifying Truth Behind Valentine's Day

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The Terrifying Truth Behind Valentine's Day -- powered by Cracked.com

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Awesome advertising

Came across this photo while browsing around tonight:



After a lot of searching, found what I think is the ad company that created this.  Link is here.  I should point out that there is a picture with female breasts, so hide the children.

I think the Heinz Baked Beans is the best.

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I'm a bad party-goer

So I'm going to a 70's-themed party tonight. The name of it and everyone else is talking/thinking disco. Well guess what, there were other things in the 70's besides that crap. Of course I'm talking about ...



That's right. 'Smokey and the Bandit'. I can't pull off the Bandit, but I sure can come close enough to be Snowman. All I'm missing is the authentic trucker cap. Can't find my grandfather's old ones. So I'll use one that could resemble a cap Jerry Reed would wear.

Boy, I'm going to stick out like a bonnet on Fred.

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I'd say this is a post about catching up,

but there's not much to say. Things are just the same. Go to work, bust my butt for minimal pay. Come home and goof off on the computer or watch TV. Social life is almost non-existent, though there is hope of that picking up.

So there you go. My life in a nice, neat blog post.

Carry on.

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